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Description
This is an Ed Roos Co of Forest Park, ILL. red cedar chest. Roos Sweetheart Cedar Chest. Style #8032. Serial #B50727. The inside is in mint condition and has the original paperwork stapled to the inside cover. It has a branded mark in the same location. It has he oringnal removable "shelf" inside. The outside is in not good condition. The top needs to be sanded and redone. Some of the veneer has come off the bottom.
Category
American Furniture
Medium
Red Cedar wood
Distinguishing marks
Ed Roos Co. of Forest Park, ILL
Condition
Fair
Size and dimensions of this item
46" long, 20" wide, 25" tall
Date Period
1940's
Weight
?
History
I purchased this chest at an antique store in Massachusetts.
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Price Paid (If known)
150.00
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Re: Ed Roos Co Sweetheart Cedar Chest
I have one in much better condition for sale.
Please contact me at [email protected] and I will send you pictures.
Re: Ed Roos Co Sweetheart Cedar Chest
Re: Ed Roos Co Sweetheart Cedar Chest
<p>The Roos company was in business from 1916 - 1951, operating in Forest Park Illinois. The company produced these chests in all the popular styles from Colonial to Art Deco. Your chest is in what is referred to as "Waterfall style", the style getting it's name from the curved top. Most of these pieces Most of these chests are composites, mixing features from English period furniture from Elizabethan to early Georgian II. Values vary considerably for these chests, depending on quality of construction, wood type, but damaged examples like this one sell for less than $100.00</p><p> </p><p>Lovejoy </p>